AMNH - Key Persons
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- Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate, Former Gerstner Postdoctoral Scholar
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- Research Associate Vertebrate Zoology, Ichthyology
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- Departmental Administrator
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- Researchers from the National Museums of Kenya
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- Manager of Student Affairs and Fellowship Programs
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Secretary
- Trustee
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
- Vice Chair
Specializing in zooarchaeology and GIS, Watson has led numerous archaeological excavations and surveys in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (a US National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site) and works extensively with museum collections.
His other ongoing research in the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) region of what is now upstate New York investigates changing subsistence and economy among Seneca communities during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Watson's work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Richard Gilder Graduate School & American Museum of Natural History, the American Philosophical Society, and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
Dr. Ana Luz Porzecanski grew up in Uruguay and Brazil as part of a family of European immigrants that nurtured a love of nature and culture, deep curiosity about the workings of the planet and society, and a commitment to social justice. She has a biology degree from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay, and graduate degrees in Environmental Policy, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Columbia University in New York City, where she lives with her husband and daughters. Ana has over 20 years of experience in scientific research and conservation and has focused on understanding biodiversity and how to sustain it effectively for the future through evidence-based management and effective capacity development. She seeks to work across sectors, communicate across differences, and catalyze collective action for systemic change. As Center director Ana oversees strategic planning, project development, fundraising, and a multidisciplinary staff leading conservation research and capacity development initiatives around the world.
Ana is also passionate about education and science communication; she has taught courses on conservation biology, evolution, and global sustainability, and led research on how to develop student critical and systems thinking. In 2016 she co-curated ¡Cuba!, a binational, bilingual traveling museum exhibition on Cuba's nature and culture, and the largest exhibition of its kind ever presented in the United States. She recharges by spending time with family, in nature, and making and enjoying food, art, and music.
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- Ex Officio Trustee
- Comptroller of the City of New York
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- Ex Officio Trustee
- Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education
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- Ex Officio Trustee
- Mayor of the City of New York
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- Ex Officio Trustee
- Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
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- Ex Officio Trustee
- President of the Borough of Manhattan
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- Ex Officio Trustee
- Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
- Vice Chair
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- Adjunct Associate Research Scientist
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
- Vice Chair
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- Museum President
- New Museum President
New Museum President Morris K. Jesup launches the Museum into a golden age of exploration that lasts from 1880 to 1930. During this time, the Museum is involved with expeditions that discover the North Pole, explore unmapped areas of Siberia, traverse Outer Mongolia and the great Gobi desert, and travel to the Congo, taking Museum representatives to every continent on the globe.
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Treasurer
- Trustee
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- Director of Administration
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
- Vice Chair
Roy Chapman Andrews leads historic Central Asiatic Expeditions through the Gobi desert of Mongolia, discovering some of the richest dinosaur fossil sites in the world. Andrews and his team work there until the border between China and Outer Mongolia closes in 1930.
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- Chairman
- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
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- Member of the Officers Team
- President
- Trustee
- President of the Museum
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
- Vice Chair
Job Titles:
- Member of the Officers Team
- Trustee
- Vice Chair